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SEPTA team sets out to blast away a fall foe
(The following story by Paul Nussbaum appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on November 7. Dragan Jankovic is a member of BLET Division 71 in Philadelphia.) PHILADELPHIA — As early autumn darkness fell on SEPTA's Overbrook maintenance yard this week, the...
Passenger rail track costs sets a record in Sacramento
(The following story by Tony Bizjak appeared on the Sacramento Bee website on November 7.) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most expensive stretch of light-rail tracks ever built in Sacramento just got $6 million pricier. Sacramento Regional Transit officials now say the...
Opinion: In support of Fla.’s passenger rail plan
(The following editorial appeared on the Orlando Sentinel website on November 6.) ORLANDO, Fla. — Reason won out in July when local governments slated to host commuter rail stood down selfish, short-sighted and sometimes hysterical interests and approved the 61-mile...
Opinion: UP decontamination finally set in Eunice
(The following editorial appeared on The Daily Advertiser website on November 7.) LAFAYETTE, La. — There is finally a plan to clean up a contaminated site in Eunice caused by a railway accident more than seven years ago. It will probably not be implemented until next...
Cleanup under way after NS derailment in Elkhart
(The following report appeared on the South Bend Tribune on November 7.) ELKHART, Ind. — Cleanup has begun on the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks behind an industrial area in the 200 block of Collins Road where as many as 19 railcars derailed early this morning. The...
BNSF cars derail Sunday in Kansas rail yard
(The following story by Bobbi Mlynar appeared on the Emporia Gazette website on November 6.) EMPORIA, KAN. — A broken rail apparently is responsible for a 15-car detailment Sunday in the yards of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway. BNSF spokesman Steve Forsberg...
Analyst tracks Buffett on BNSF
(The following report by jared A. Favole appeared on the Wall Street Journal website on November 7.) NEW YORK — Stock sales by the top brass of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. are a cause for concern, but investors who plan to be on board for the long haul should...
Amtrak turns train into rolling billboard for History Channel
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Sarah Karush on November 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Perennially cash-strapped Amtrak has found a new way to generate revenue — by turning an entire train into a moving billboard. A train used on the Acela Express,...
CSX lawyers says they cannot find key witness in asbestos case
(The following story by Lynnley Browning appeared on the New York Times website on November 7.) NEW YORK — Lawyers for the CSX Transportation Corporation, which is fighting costly asbestos claims, say they have been unable to find a crucial witness in a case, a doctor...
CP Rail ‘disappointed’ by U.S. roadblock
(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on November 7.) TORONTO — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CEO Fred Green says he's disappointed by a U.S. regulator's decision to stall the company's $1.5-billion (U.S.) takeover of the largest...
